Display board



1951 s. R. WIRTH 2,577,988

DISPLAY BOARD Filed Sept. 11, 1948 Patented Dec. 11, 1951 DISPLAY BOARDSidney ,R. Wirth, River Forest,-Ill., assignor to Advertising MetalDisplay 00., Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois ApplicationSeptember 11, 1948, Serial No. 48,795

Claims. 1

This invention relates to improvements in display boards and it consistsof the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

The boards with which the present invention 5 is more especiallyconcerned includes a supporting panel and members that project forwardlyfrom the bottom of the board for the hanging support of the articlesdisplayed on the board. A display board of this general type isillustrated and described in Patent 1,998,243 of April 16, 1935 toHerbert H. Krueger.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide an improvedstructure for attaching the article supporting hangers from the panel ofthe board and this in a manner whereby the hangers are better able towithstand the load of the articles supported and willnot so easilyloosen up from the panel.

A further object of the invention is to so form the panel with a partwhich not only stii'fens the same better to resist warping, but whichpart also is employed for engagement by portions of the hangers toresist the tendency. of the hangers to tip under the weight of thearticles supported thereby.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for associationwith a-display board of this general type whereby it is possible to hangheavier items without displacing the wire hanger.

Again, it is an object of the invention to provide means associable witha display board of this general type and where pliers of different typescan be held firmly in place and yet can be readily removed whenrequired.

The above mentioned objects of the invention, together with others, aswell as the several advantages thereof, will more fully appear as thespecification proceeds.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a display board embodying the invention,as viewed from the front.

Fig. 2 is-a fragmentary rear perspective of the display board of Fig. 1,on a scale slightly enlarged over that of Fig. 1, the articles shown inFig. 1 being omitted, and

Fig. 3 is a detail view on the line 3--3 of Fig. l, but on a largerscale. I

The improved display board includes a sheet metal panel I0 which isprovided at its top and ends with rearwardly extending flanges H and I2respectively. Rearwardly from the bottom of panel l0 there extends aledge I 3, the rear margin of which isturned back upon, but spacedabove, the ledge to form a forwardly extending flange 14, which not onlystiffens the ledge but also defines a forwardly opening groove orchannel l5. As shown, the panel is provided with a pair oflongitudinally spaced openings IS, the bottoms 2 r of which aresubstantially flush with the top of the ledge, as best appears in Fig.2.

Associated with the panel is a hanger ll for cooperating with theopenings [6. Each hanger is made of a length of wire bent intosubstantially a U-shape so as to include a pair of laterally spaced sidelegs I8l8 each of which is turned upwardly at its front free end as ahook [9, the other end of said legs being operatively connected togetherby a cross member 20. This member spaces the legs apart a distancecorresponding to the distance between the openings I6 of each pair. Thewire from which the hangers are made is of such a diameter as to readilypass through the openings, as well as to permit entry of the cross bar20 into the groove l5 from the open front thereof.

On the back of the panel and disposed in a. vertical plane between theaxes of the opening [6 of each' pair is pivotally mounted a hangerconfining member 2|, which includes a web 22 and front and rear flanges2324, with the rear flange 24 being pivotally mounted on the panel by arivet 25. The web 22 is of such width that when the member 2i stands inthe upright position shown in Fig. 2, the front flange 23 engages thecentral bowed portion 26 of the member 20. I

To apply the hanger to the panel the hanger confining member 2| is swunginto substantially horizontal position wherein its bottom end is spacedabove the ledge l3. A hanger ll is then taken in hand and from the rearof the panel the hooks l9-I9 are passed through the associated pair ofopenings I6, while the hanger is disposed at an angle extending upwardlyand rearwardly from the junction of the panel and its ledge I3. Thehanger is then moved forwardly and downwardly until the cross bar 29thereof engages the ledge l3 forwardly of the flange [4. Thereafter thehanger is moved rearwardly so that the cross bar 20 thereof enters thegroove I5 under the flange M at the rear of the ledge and at which timethe legs |8l8 are disposed in a plane parallel with the ledge and withthe rear end of said legs engaging on said ledge. Thereafter theassociated hanger confining member 2| is swung downwardly to extend inan upright position (as at the left hand side of Fig. 2) at which timethe flange 23 engages the bowed portion 26 of member 20 and confines thehanger portion 20 in'the groove [5. As clearly appears in Fig. 1 (righthand side) certain articles may be hung on the legs 18-48 of the hanger.There is shown, as by way of example, a well-known type of pliers.

The hanger I1 is not well adapted for the support of certain types ofpliers which are not well balanced. For such items, a special type ofoutwardly and upwardly extending marginal por tions 3232. The marginalportions 32 are each provided with a plurality of longitudinally spacedrecesses 33, 33. The typical plier-sis of two parts 35-35, operativelyconneetedby a pivot 36. The operative end portions 38 of the plier partsare usually thicker than; the. handle portion 31, providing a ledgewhere the reduction in thickness takes place To support such plieii, itis only necessary to place or have one member orpart of the pliers in arecess 33 with the ledge portion of the plier part resting upon theupper face of marginal portion 32.. This arrangement is perhaps bestshown in the left hand side of Fig. 1. In about the mid portion of Fig.1 is shown a slightly 'difierent type of pliers but one neverthelessincluding the ledge portion for overhanging the upper face of portion32.

For supporting the holder from the panel a member 40, having a hookend41, is secured to the rear face of the panel, as best shown in Figs. 2and 3. An opening l3a is provided in the ledge l3 directly below thehook end ll of member 40. A U-shaped strap metal member having spacedlegs 42-42 and a connecting upper portion 43 is provided, the lower endsof the legs being secured to the inner faces of the U-shaped holder. Tosin-x the holder it is taken in hand and the strap metal member insertedfrom below through the opening l3a in ledge l3, the holder being tiltedso that the portion 43 may pass the rear part of hook 44-, after whichit is swung inwardly and then lowered to the position best shown in Fig.2. In this way the holder is very strongly mounted and is well adaptedto support a heavy load on the outer part of the holder.

'In some forms of pliers, the two parts are formed of stock of uniformthickness, the outer or working end being merely efiset from the planeof the handle and remaining portions of the parts. In such construetionthe ledge is not sufficiently defined to provide adequate support bymere placement in one of the recesses 33. Hence there is provided at thebottom of the holder a sheet metal member 50 having a downwardly andoutwardly extending portion which in turn is provided with a pluralityof recesses 52. The recesses are equal in number to those in the portion32 at the upper part of the holder, but as is shown in Fig. 3, they areslightly ofiset. This permits the Jaw-part 53 of onepart 54 of thepliers to be accommodated in one of the upper recesses and the handleportion 55 of the other part 56 to be accommodated in the oflsetrecesstherebelow. In this way the tool is held firmly in position, isprevented from swinging in any directionexcept away from the holder, andthen only when bodily moved as by manually grasping the handle part ofthe pliers. In this way the pliers may be readily removed from theholder when desired.

While in describing the invention '1 have re ferred in detail to theform, construction and arrangement of the parts involved, the same is tobe considered only in the illustrative sense and therefore I do not wishto be limited there tm except as may be specifically set forth in the"appe'nded claims. 1 1

I claim as my invention:

1. A display board embodying therein st t member, a holder, meanssupporting the holder from the panel, said holder including upstandingspaced side will portions and a marginal portion extending outwardlyfrom the top of at least one of said side wall portions, said marginalportion having a plurality of spaced recesses therein, and v a memberextending outwardly from the bottom of the holder below said marginalportion and having a plurality of spaced recesses therein, the recessesin said inember being ofiset with respect to the recesses in themarginal portions thereabove.

2. A holder for a display board embodying therein upstanding spaced sidewall portions, a marginal portion extending outwardly from the top of atleast one of said side wall portions, said marginal portion having aplurality of recesses therein. and a member extending outwardly from thebottom of the holder below said marginal por tion and having a pluralityof spaced recesses therein,'the recesses in said member being onset withrespect to the recesses in the marginal portion.

3. A display board embodying therein a panel member, a hook memberafli'xed to the rear face of the panel member, a U-shaped holder memberpositioned below and extending forwardly from the front face of thepanel, and a bail-like member having upstandingleg portions and aportion connecting the leg portions at the top, the lowet ends of theleg portions being secured to the holder and said connecting fportionresting upon the aforesaid hook member.

4. A display board embodying therein a panel member having a ledgeextending rearwardly from its bottom margin, a hook member amxed to therear face of the panel member above said ledge, a U'-shaped-holdermember positioned be low and extending forwardly from the front face ofthe panel, and a baillike member having upstanding leg portionsextending through an open ing in said ledge and a portion connecting theupper ends of said leg portions and connected to said hook member, thelower ends of said leg portions being secured to the u shaped holdermember.

5. A display board embodying therein a panel memberhaving a laterallyextending ledge at the bottom and a holderfarranged below said ledge andformed to include laterally spaced side walls. at least one of which hasan outwardly extending marginal portion at the top and in which is aplurality of longitudinally spaced recesses that open through said topof said marginal portion, a member fixed to the holder and extendingupwardly therefrom and passing up through an opening in said ledge,and-means carried by a part ofthe panel above said ledge and with whichsaid member is operatively engaged for support.

SIDNEY R. WIRTK.

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